Re: 'git add' corrupts repository if the working directory is modified as it runs

From: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 13, 2010, 22:09 UTC
Message-ID: <37fcd2781002131409r4166e496h9d12d961a2330914@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100213162924.GA14623@Knoppix>

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> wrote:

>
> Hmm... One needs to copy the data block at time into temporary buffer
> and use that for feeding zlib and SHA-1. That ensures that whatever
> SHA-1 hashes and zlib compresses are consistent.

If you want this then just compile Git with NO_MMAP = YesPlease It should solve the described problem.

Dmitry

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